Marbling With Oil Paint

You should be going for a milky look to your paint.

Marbling with oil paint.

Marbling with oil and food coloring since oil and water repel rather than mix the oil marbling technique creates bubbles of color and white spots. The alum treated side of the paper is laid over the paint and lifts it off the bath when it is removed. Stir vigorously to be sure oil and color are mixed well as they can be. One good video about the marbling art on water.

Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring in each bowl. Oil paint the oil paint method of marbling is a bit more labor intensive but it allows you to create totally customized colors. Turpentine easily found at a hardware store. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Where there are oil bubbles the water based food coloring won t stick to the paper. The paints we tried are oil based so this was very important. Lay out your paper over your work surface to project from paint.

Big plastic bin to float the paint in small containers to mix paint colors and. Create fun patterns and let kids decide what colors and and shapes they want. The paper is pre treated with a mixture of alum 1 cup desolved in a gallon of water which works as a mordant so the paint will stick to the paper. How to water marble with acrylic paint.

And because the paint is oil based there s less risk of the pigment sinking to the bottom of your water bath oil and water you know. Graham paints we had on hand. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Place another sheet over your finished watercolor and oil painting to absorb the extra paint and oil and create beautiful marbled effects.

Fill the pie dish with an inch of water. Drop paint on the paper and then drops of oil over the paint. Once the paper has dried it s ready to use.